I am thoroughly enjoying reading these books in order. I started with Cloak of Deception, and I'm up to The Han Solo Adventures now. Which means I've still got about a bizillion books to go. The only thing that will throw me off is when new books come out, and are in the story line before my current book. Such as the coming books Outbound Flight, and Triple Zero, but I guess I can deal with it. By the way my favorite storyline so far was Cestus Deception.
One thing that I am very impressed with, is how few contradictions there are so far. This continuity shows how much Lucas (or the approving editors) pays attention to every little detail of each book.
Yeah, Lucas (for the most part) just reads 'em and steps in where he sees fit. For example, Emperor Palpatine tells Luke that he's died several times before Endor in Dark Empire, meant to be taken literally. Lucas stepped and had it changed to be a bluff.
EU is approved by Lucas, but it still is lesser then the movies. Anything not approved by Lucas or Lucasfilm/books is an infinity, which isn't even part of the timeline even if it doesn't contradict anything.
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By the way my favorite storyline so far was Cestus Deception. 
Jan 2nd, 2006 02:28 AM
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